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- On a recent trip to the movies, I noticed Brittany...

October 28, 2001|By Taylor Michaels, Tribune Media Services.

- On a recent trip to the movies, I noticed Brittany Murphy's name on several of the movie posters around the lobby. How long has she been making movies? Is she a newcomer, or have I just been living under a rock? -Gerry in Vallejo, Calif.

Are those my only two choices? Don't be too hard on yourself, Gerry, but Murphy, 23, has rarely stopped working since breaking out in the movie comedy "Clueless" in 1995. Recently top-billed with Michael Douglas in the thriller "Don't Say a Word", she also is featured in Penny Marshall's new "Riding in Cars With Boys"' and Edward Burns' "Sidewalks of New York." The Atlanta native also starred (with Sidney Poitier and Lukas Haas) in the 1998 ABC remake of "David and Lisa," the Showtime Holocaust drama "The Devil's Arithmetic" and such feature films as "Drop Dead Gorgeous" and "Girl, Interrupted," among many others. If that's not enough, off-camera she also gives voice to flaky Luanne on Fox's animated "King of the Hill."